Leptasterias
| Leptasterias pusilla | |
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| The whelk Nucella lima being attacked by Leptasterias hexactis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Forcipulatida |
| Family: | Asteriidae |
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Leptasterias Verrill, 1866 |
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Leptasterias is a genus of starfish in the family Asteriidae. Members of this genus are characterised by having six arms although five-armed specimens sometimes occur. Asteracanthion muelleri is the type species. The taxonomy of the genus is confusing and Leptasterias hexactis seems to be a species complex. Some species brood their eggs.
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:
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